The 2024 presidential race entered its final days over the weekend. Despite Democrats’ best efforts to bury Donald Trump, he and Kamala Harris were still neck and neck on Saturday.
In a desperate effort to garner more support for herself, Harris decided to do Saturday Night Live! on November 2. She did so secretly, not announcing the appearance until minutes beforehand in the hopes of boosting ratings. Harris was even secretive about flying to New York City for the appearance on Air Force 2.
Many have since argued that this secrecy over the appearance was because Harris and her team knew that they were violating the FCC’s Equal Time rule with it. They figured that by not announcing Harris’ Saturday Night Live! turn before then, Trump wouldn’t have time to get his own slot.
Unfortunately for them, however, they turned out to be dead wrong.
The day after Harris’ Saturday Night Live! appearance, Trump aired a minute-long special message on NBC during the NFL’s coverage of Sunday Night Football. This likely allowed him to reach far more viewers than Harris did.
From Daily Wire:
Per the Federal Communications Commission’s Equal Time rule, NBC was not allowed to host Harris in this way while excluding Trump. In fact, as highlighted by The Daily Wire, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr blasted both NBC and Harris for the “clear and blatant” move to evade rules designed to stop networks from tilting the political scales ahead of an election.
NBC has told the FCC that VP Harris appeared on Saturday Night Live for one minute and 30 seconds “without charge,” triggering an opportunity for other campaigns to request time. https://t.co/gIhNHQ4pwD
— Alex Weprin (@alexweprin) November 4, 2024
In a major backfire, Trump was likely able to reach far more viewers than Harris since his message played toward the end of the NBC broadcast of NASCAR’s Xfinity 500 and the network’s coverage of the Minnesota Vikings-Indianapolis Colts NFL game.
NBC’s Sunday Night Football typically brings in a whopping 20 million viewers. In contrast, Saturday Night Live’s viewership is a tiny fraction of that. In fact, the show’s four-year-high ratings is only a measly 5 million viewers.
Boom!
That, my friends, is karma at it’s finest. Indeed, one could say that it’s some Karma for Kamala!
Trump Wins Big Again
This all worked out beautifully for Trump. On Sunday night, he was able to reach millions of voters with a powerful message that blew Harris’ Saturday Night Live! gig out of the water. He used it to call out the many failings of the Biden-Harris’ regime.
“The worst economic numbers in generations were just announced two days ago,” Trump said. “We’re losing jobs. We’re losing everything, including viability. We’re going to end up in a depression based on what’s been happening.”
“We’ve never seen anything like it, at least for the last 40 years,” he continued. “We have to straighten out our country, we have to close our borders, we have to lower our taxes, we have to get rid of inflation, and we’re going to do it.”
Check out Trump’s full remarks for yourself in the video below.
A Special Message from President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/B9Lcxaucud
— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) November 3, 2024
Nice try, Kamala, but that was yet another fail out of the many in your sham of a political career. That’s what you and NBC get for trying to get one over on Trump!
Key Takeaways:
- Harris’ Saturday Night Live! appearance backfires on her.
- Results in Trump scoring segment during NBC’s Sunday Night Football.
- Sunday Night Football gets way more viewers than Saturday Night Live!
Source: Daily Wire, News Nation Now
